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 Indian Treaty Boundary Line - Union Springs, AL
N 32° 08.259 W 085° 43.586
16S E 620119 N 3556403
The Treaty of Fort Jackson of August 9, 1814 established a boundary line between the Mississippi Territory and the Creek Nation. This is the marker located west of downtown on US HWY 82.
Waymark Code: WMFNN6
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 11/09/2012
Views: 12
The Indian Treaty Boundary Line historical marker is a standard Alabama Historical Association metal marker with the Alabama flag in an oval at the top. The marker is located west of downtown Union Springs on US Hwy 82 near Greenwood Avenue. The marker was placed by the Bullock County Historical Society and the Alabama Historical Association. There is an identical marker south of downtown on US Hwy 29.
Marker Name: Indian Treaty Boundary Line
Marker Type: Urban
Addtional Information::
Marker Text:
The Treaty of Fort Jackson of August 9, 1814, by Major General Andrew Jackson on behalf of the President of the United States of America and the Chiefs, Deputies and Warriors of the Creek Nation, established a boundary line between the Mississippi Territory and the Creek Nation. The line began at a point ten miles from the mouth of the Ofucshee Creek directly to the mouth of the Summochico Creek on the Chatahouchie River. The Creek Treaty of Washington, signed on March 24, 1832, ceded the Indian territory north of the line to the United States. The Indian Boundary Line ran across present-day Bullock County from northeast of Mitchell Station, Alabama, to southeast of Pine Grove, Alabama.
Date Dedicated / Placed: 1998
Marker Number: None
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Visit Instructions:
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